Woman paraded on donkey, 39 arrested in Rajsamand

Udaipur : In yet another shocking incident of putting humanity to shame, a woman’s face was blackened, hairs defiled and paraded in the village after mounting her over a donkey. The incident took place at Thali ka Talab atThurabad village under the Charbhuja police station area of Rajsamand District on Saturday night. The police has arrested 39 persons including a woman for the inhumane act. The accused lady has been sent to judicial custody while the men will be produced before the court on Monday, police said.

One Udaisingh of the village in his complaint to the police informed that one of his cousin Vardi Singh had died few days ago. Few of the family members suspected Udai Singh’s wife to have some involvement in the murder and a Khap panchayat had been called on Saturday to decide over the matter. During the meeting few villagers barged into their homes and pulled out the victim. They stripped her semi naked and scourged her, defiled her hair, mounted her on an ass, and paraded through the streets and bazaars with the utmost cruelty. Upon being informed authorities including Collector K.C. Verma, SP Shweta Dhankar, Additional SP Sudir Joshi, CO Kumbalgarh Chandan Singh and cops from Charbuja police station rushed to the spot. “ We have arrested 29 people including Vardi Singh’s wife under sections 452, 323, 354-B, 342, 384 of the IPC while 9 others were arrested for disturbing law and peace” said Yogesh Chouhan, the SHO.